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Canelo Alvarez explained why he hasn’t given David Benavidez a fight, saying he’s been disrespectful with how he approached trying to get the opportunity. Alvarez (62-2-2, 39 KOS) says why he should give money to someone who uses this tactic.
Over the past few years, Benavidez has used constant pressure to push Canelo into giving him the fight he wants. He accused him of setting him up, questioned his legacy, and also mentioned that he had a hit that sparked with Dmitry Bivol, a fighter that Canelo lost to.
Canelo’s dismissal
Most fighters would have given up on trying to pressure Canelo to fight if they were ignored, but not Benavidez. He still talks about wanting to fight him, even though he now fights at 175. He sounds fixated on Canelo, which some fans find creepy.
It shows that Benavidez has gotten used to fighting whatever he wants without anyone saying no. When he finally meets someone who isn’t interested, he can’t mentally process it and move on; Just keep pushing.
“When someone comes up to you like that and yells at you like that, you don’t have to give them money,” Canelo Alvarez told the Ring podcast About David Benavidez. “At this point, I’ve fought all the champions and the best there is. I can do whatever I want now and I don’t like the way he approached (getting) the fight.
“I think he’s wanted the fight and he’s been respectful. I want Canelo,” Alvarez said of Terence Crawford being respectful to him about his approach to fighting him.
“Yeah, people want to see the fight and maybe they’ll see the fight. We don’t know,” Canelo said of a matchup between himself and Terence Crawford. “Maybe they will see this fight. I’m always open to good fights. He’s a good fighter with good skills and all, and maybe we’ll see that fight. We don’t know yet.”
